Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Louder Than a Bomb

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The result was no consensus. NW (Talk) 02:13, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Louder Than a Bomb

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Article relates to a documentary film that is not on general release and is being shown at two venues as a precursor to a possible nomination for an Academy Award. At present, the film does not meet the notability requirement for films (though it may do so in the future). Article's author contested PROD but has not supplied reliable references establishing notability. Jimmy Pitt talk 08:35, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. A couple of comments and then I'll let the process continue as it may:

In my view on "notability," a film that has a theatrical release at one of the top US art houses is notable. Period. There should be a Wikipedia article for every film meeting this criteria. The fact that a film doesn't have a "general release" has no relevance to the importance of a film. The fact that a major art house theater (two in this case) opens a film for at least a week is notable. I'd taken the time to include references to the pages (IFC Center/NY and Arclight Hollywood/LA) covering the movie in question to show the film opened at these venues.
In addition I'd noted that this film is part of the DocuWeeks selection of 17 films chosen specifically because they were deemed worthy of Academy consideration for the documentary category. I'd included a link to the DocuWeeks page.
This is probably not the appropriate place to make this comment and it will likely be deleted, but I think it needs to be made. This is exactly the reason I'd stopped doing any work on Wikipedia around six months ago. I don't have time for this and don't need the aggravation. It's clear to me that doing any real work on Wikipedia is truly a waste of my time. I'll continue to make an edit here and there, and possibly create another article or two over time, but it's just not worth the effort to do anything substantial. As others have noted (reference the Wikipedia losing volunteers article on CNET), this is a major weakness of Wikipedia. Obviously the deletion process is important...it's a question of when to mark an article for deletion. Was this really necessary? John Dhabolt (talk) 10:27, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Official selection at at least 3 film festivals. Audience choice for best Film at the The Cleveland International Film Festival. Sufficient coverage: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. There may not be in-depth coverage yet, but there's enough for a properly-referenced article and I see no reason to delete.--Michig (talk) 16:51, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:54, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Should this be disambiguated from the Public Enemy song of the same name off It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back? Freakshownerd (talk) 22:14, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sensible, and easy enough to do.[7][8] Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 00:29, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 00:42, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.